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Dark Water, a review by Hal

Title: Dark Water
Year: 2005
Director: Walter Salles
Rating: PG-13
Length: 105 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles:

Stars:
Jennifer Connelly
John C. Reilly
Tim Roth
Dougray Scott
Pete Postlethwaite

Plot:
The terror of Dark Water reaches new heights on Blu-ray Disc. Starring acclaimed actress Jennifer Connelly, the film Rolling Stone calls "a torrent of suspense" is a visual and auditory wonder in this revolutionary high definition format.

Life becomes a living nightmare for Dahlia Williams and her daughter when their new apartment begins to take on a life of its own. Experience every heart-stopping moment in razor-sharp 1080p, and feel the grip of every blood-curdling scream delivered in 5.1 48 kHz, 16-bit uncompressed audio. See, hear and feel the excitement with Blue-ray High Definition.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary

This movie combines both horror and a psychological thriller.  The director does a good job of making the viewer question whether things that are happening are real or just figments of Dahlia's or Ceci's imagination, reminiscent of movies like Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.  I'm still trying to figure out exactly why they used "Dark Water" as the manifestation of the little Russian girl.  The hair coming out of the faucet was kinda gross, though.
Definitely worth a spin.

Rating:

(From Hal's 2010 Horror Marathon Reviews on October 6th, 2010)

Captivity, a review by addicted2dvd

Captivity: Unrated (2007/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Lions Gate Entertainment (United States) Director: Roland Joffe Writing: Larry Cohen (Story By), Larry Cohen (Screenwriter), Joseph Tura (Screenwriter) Length: 89 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital EX: 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), English: DTS ES: 6.1 (Discrete) Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Elisha Cuthbert as Jennifer
Daniel Gillies as Gary
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Ben
Michael Harney as Bettinger
Laz Alonso as Di Santos

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned

Just finished watching the first film in the marathon! I been looking forward to watching this one... as I have become a fan of Elisha Cuthbert every since seeing the TV Series 24 for the first time. I enjoyed this film quite a bit. Though it does go with a few too many horror movie cliches. It didn't take me long to pretty much have the entire film figured out. But I still enjoyed myself watching it all unfold. There is 2 alternate endings on this DVD... but I think they went with the best one for the movie. Over-all a pretty good start to the marathon!



Count:
Movies: 1
TV Eps: 0
Other: 0

(From Addicted2DVD's Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 1st, 2012)

Veronica Mars Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

9. Spit & Eggs
The coaster isn't clear: A coaster treated with a date-rape drug indicator leads Veronica to the campus rapist. Logan makes a decision about his relationship with Veronica. And Dean O'Dell discovers his wife's infidelity.

My Thoughts:
What an episode! An excellent conclusion to the rapist storyline... and the start of the next multi-episode mystery. I loved every minute of this one!

My Rating:

10. Show Me the Monkey
O'Dell's "suicide" may be patterned after the murder Veronica devised for her criminology class. And Mac is attracted to the leader of a campus animal rights group accused of nabbing a lab monkey.

My Thoughts:
A good episode. Though I got to say... I never cared much for Logan. And I especially never cared for him with Veronica. in this season I always wanted her to get with Piz. In this episode.... so close yet so far.

My Rating:


11. Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves
Comic-Con, prime spot for babe action! Max asks Veronica to find his one-night-stand soul mate, a 'Battlestar Galactica' fan who turns out to be a hooker. Meanwhile, Keith follows up on Dean O'Dell's death.

My Thoughts:
A pretty good episode... though not one of my favorites. Going nuts over a hooker you didn't know was a hooker is one thing. But after you find out... going to the extremes this guy did is just unbelievable.

My Rating:

12. There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill
Someone slips Tim's squeeze (who's also Dick's squeeze) RU486 to make her miscarry a baby she didn't want to lose. Can Veronica discover the who and the how? Her investigation crosses paths with the O'Dell case.

My Thoughts:
This is another episode I liked quite a bit. It ha a good weekly mystery. And I must say I had to laugh when Keith and Veronica Mars went undercover together... and they said their names were Carson Drew and his assistant Nancy. For those that don't know... Carson is the name of Nancy Drew's father.

My Rating:



(From Veronica Mars Marathon on April 19th, 2010)